In the last week, there were at least two incidents where Tama Emergency Services were called into action. The first incident was a fire at a house on the corner of Oswego and 6th Street in Tama on Wednesday, July 23. Tama Fire and Rescue, Toledo Fire and Rescue, Tama EMS, and Tama Police ...
TRAER – A North Tama teacher who was previously placed on administrative leave after being charged with child endangerment has now resigned. “I am writing to inform you I am resigning from my teaching, JH Stuco [Junior High Student Council], and HOCO [Homecoming] contracts for the ...
TOLEDO — The application window is open until Aug. 15 for this year’s fall Master Gardener training cohort, offered in Tama County. Iowans wishing to become a Master Gardener volunteer register with a local county extension office, complete the online Garden Academy Moodle course and ...
GLADBROOK - The 2025 Tama County Fair was held July 14-20 at the fairgrounds in Gladbrook. Despite multiple rainy days, the weather was relatively accommodating for July in Iowa. The 2025 fair's 4-H/FFA theme was 'Lasso Your Legacy.' Most of the stalls in the livestock barns were full which ...
If you haven't been uptown in Toledo lately, taking a stroll or checking out the farmer's market, then you might have missed it – the new addition to the community skyline. A little store called Angie Blocker Designs, operated by, you guessed it, local woman Angie Blocker at 103 W. High ...
TOLEDO – It has been exactly two weeks since Karina Cooper was convicted of first-degree murder and now, barring any unforeseen circumstances, her co-defendant in the case, Huston William Danker, will proceed to trial on the same charge beginning Aug. 12 in Johnson County. This past Monday, ...
Tama County Attorney Brent Heeren and the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) have confirmed that 19-year-old Logan Kurth was the man shot and killed by police in the early hours of July 5. According to an updated press release issued by the DCI Tuesday, Kurth died from multiple ...
Josef Glockl of Tama never set out to write a fantasy novel. Well, maybe he did. After five years, multiple rewrites, and one persistent vision later, the longtime community resident is now a published author, writing “The New God,” the first installment in The Rise of the Dragon Mage ...
Monday's usual showing of the county supervisors went on like usual, with this week's production adding a nice little hour and some long intermission for a closed session. The viewers mulled about in the hallway discussing what had happened so far in the show and proposing theories as to what ...
TAMA, Iowa — The Meskwaki Annual Powwow Association has announced that the 109th Annual Meskwaki Powwow, will now be held at the Meskwaki Casino grounds due to recent flooding. In a facebook post made on Tuesday evening, the association announced the venue change. “The Iowa River is ...